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Perrella, 59, ‘lived what the Gospel preaches’

A man who tightened the fabric of the Archdiocese of Baltimore was remembered Oct. 1 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.
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Catholic Review claims 15 awards

The Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association’s annual awards convention April 23-24 at Westin BWI Hotel in Linthicum highlighted The Catholic Review’s excellence.
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Archdiocese names new development director

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien has named Patrick Madden the new executive director of development for the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Mr. Madden, a parishioner of St. Augustine in Elkridge, succeeds Tom Sonni, who served in the same post from 1995-2007.
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The church’s Marines: Maryknollers older, fewer, but still going strong

COCHABAMBA, Bolivia – Their numbers are down, their average age is up, and their last names are as likely to be Vu or Gonzalez as Kelly or O’Brien, but one thing that has not changed about Maryknoll priests and brothers in the past century is their commitment to live and work among the poor in...
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Air Force hopes scholarship draws more service chaplains

WASHINGTON – To help fill vacancies and meet the underrepresented faith needs of airmen, the Air Force is offering a scholarship for individuals who want to become service chaplains.
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University fiasco shows scholars miss pope’s point

VATICAN CITY – It was a first, at least in modern times: In Rome, the center of the Catholic world and the capital of Catholic Italy, a pope felt unwelcome to give a speech at the public university.
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‘Caravan of Reconciliation’ ends in Frederick

FREDERICK – A 3,000-mile trek through 18 American cities in the cause of interfaith understanding ended at St. Katharine Drexel in Frederick Sept. 25 when a group of Christian, Muslim and Jewish clergy joined Gov. Martin J. O’Malley for a “homecoming celebration.”
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For mom, son’s paralysis is a daily reminder of Columbine tragedy

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – Ten years after the shootings at Columbine High School, the massacre is still fresh in Connie Michalik’s mind.
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House of Lords rejects banning of hybrid embryos

LONDON – The House of Lords has rejected a move to ban the creation of human-animal hybrid embryos for research.
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In land of Martin Luther, pope prays for Christian unity

ERFURT, Germany - Visiting the land of Martin Luther, Pope Benedict XVI prayed for Christian unity and told Lutheran leaders that both secularization and Christian fundamentalism pose challenges to ecumenism today.
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NIH head foresees ethical concerns about draft stem-cell guidelines

WASHINGTON – The acting head of the National Institutes of Health said he expects many of the public comments on the agency’s new draft guidelines on embryonic stem-cell research will focus on ethical concerns about the research.
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Cardinal George expresses solidarity with Christians

RAMALLAH, West Bank – Palestinian Christians must feel the support of the universal church and must not feel isolated in their difficulties, said Chicago Cardinal Francis E. George, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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